Aging seems to be a major problem, especially in the dance sector. Many producers try hard to keep up by making music for a target group they have long outgrown. Similarly, The Chemical Brothers. They can be regarded as pioneers in the heavier breakbeat work. Supplemented with hard basses and acid influences, they were lord and master in this genre for years. Unfortunately, they have lost their
… drive somewhere. Born In The Echoes shows that they haven't lost their fantasy yet. The running gear has only started to falter. Their compositions from yesteryear made the audience bounce spontaneously. Now they come across as jerky, jerking, sighing and above all too far-fetched. The music is still loud and overwhelming, but the punch seems gone. (AD)more
